#EDDE72#EDDE72

#EDDE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.130 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDDE72
RGB	rgb(237, 222, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.71, -8.59, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.71, 54.88, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(89.11% -0.026 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(89.11% 0.13 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.0856, 71.4642, 26.3346)
Luminance	0.7146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDDE72 #7281ED

analogous

#EDA172 #EDDE72 #BFED72

triadic

#EDDE72 #72EDDE #DE72ED

tetradic

#EDDE72 #72EDA1 #7281ED #ED72BF

square

#EDDE72 #72EDA1 #7281ED #ED72BF

split-complementary

#EDDE72 #72BFED #A172ED

monochromatic

#CBB51A #E6D13C #EDDE72 #F4EBA8 #FBF7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EDDE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#EDDE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDDE72

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDDE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDDE72	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edde72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 222, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.130 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e89d',
    500: '#edde72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edde72;
$custom-light: #f5e89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edde72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89109,
    "c": 0.13033,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDDE72

secondary

#3E4EC6

accent

#25DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDDE72

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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